Healing properties of Kalanchoe
The plant is used to eliminate dermatological, surgical, ophthalmological and dental diseases. Kalanchoe is a natural stimulant, helps to relieve the inflammatory process, suppress the activity of microbes and stimulate regeneration processes. The plant is often used to treat burns, furunculosis, ulcerative lesions, erosions, and wounds.
Kalanchoe has a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect due to the content of flavonoids, tannins, enzymes, organic acids, vitamins, and high molecular weight carbohydrates. These components heal the epidermis and inner membranes and help improve metabolism.
Kalanchoe drops
You can buy ready-made drops in pharmacies. Kalanchoe juice is good for sinusitis and severe runny nose. To treat the disease, the juice should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:5, and then drop 4 drops into both nasal passages alternately. The procedure must be repeated 3-5 times a day.
Severe sneezing that occurs after instillation helps clear the sinuses. In addition, these drops can be used to lubricate the mucous membranes using cotton pads. With the help of these actions, the mucous membrane is moistened and the number of germs and viruses in the nasal cavity is reduced.
Honey drops for the treatment of sinusitis
Honey is very good for treating sinusitis.
There are many folk recipes with honey that are effective for this disease.
- Mix equal amounts of honey, onion juice and potato juice. Place the resulting drops in your nose three times a day, two drops in each nostril. Drops should be stored in the refrigerator.
- Mix one tablespoon of aloe juice, celandine juice and honey and instill five drops into each nostril three to four times a day. These drops are great for treating sinusitis complicated by polyps.
- Mix one tablespoon of tea leaves, pharmaceutical tincture of eucalyptus and honey and instill five drops into each nostril three times a day.
- Mix 30 grams of beet juice with a teaspoon of honey and three teaspoons of water and apply the resulting mixture to your nose.
How to help with sinusitis
The plant concentrate helps to drain purulent contents from the maxillary sinuses, relieve swelling and increase the body's defenses against infectious agents. Immediately after instillation of the nose, the concentrate has an irritating effect on the mucous membrane, resulting in reflex sneezing and mucus from the nose begins to separate quite abundantly. After this, the patient feels an improvement in his condition.
In addition, Kalanchoe has an anti-inflammatory effect in case of inflammation of the maxillary sinuses. The juice of the plant has a vasoconstrictor effect, as a result of which, after instillation, swelling of the nasal mucosa is reduced and nasal breathing is improved. The juice also has an immunomodulatory effect, preventing the pathology from becoming chronic and the proliferation of mucous epithelium.
How to recognize sinusitis?
A runny nose is a fairly common occurrence, and many simply do not pay attention to it, hoping that the rhinitis will go away on its own. In most cases this is what happens. But not in all of them. A runny nose can lead to a more serious illness - sinusitis. This is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the maxillary sinuses (one or both at the same time). The acute form of sinusitis, if treated ineffectively, can become chronic, and then the person will periodically suffer from unpleasant and painful manifestations of the disease. To prevent this from happening, treatment should be started as early as possible.
How to determine the onset of sinusitis? His first alarm bells:
- persistent runny nose with impaired sense of smell;
- the appearance of purulent nasal discharge;
- labored breathing;
- pain in the bridge of the nose, cheeks and lower forehead when tilting the head;
- change in voice (nasality).
The inflammatory process may be accompanied by elevated temperature (up to 39°C).
For uncomplicated sinusitis, treatment at home can be quite successful. However, consultation with an otolaryngologist is necessary in any case. Perhaps the patient will be recommended physiotherapeutic procedures.
Preparation of raw materials at home
Only the juice from the mature leaves of the plant has many beneficial properties. Therefore, it is not recommended to use young leaves to obtain juice.
To prepare raw materials at home, you must stop watering the plant 7 days before cutting the leaves. To prepare products from the juice and pulp of the plant, you need to cut off large, fleshy, intact leaves with a thick layer of peel, and then place them in a plastic bag and place them in the refrigerator for 7 days. There is no need to break or grind raw materials. Over a week, under the influence of cold, chemicals will accumulate in the leaves, which have a positive effect on biological processes in the body.
After 1 week, the raw materials must be removed from the refrigerator, and then crushed and squeezed out the juice through 2 layers of gauze. The resulting juice is poured into a glass container and left in the refrigerator for 47 hours to eliminate unwanted sediment.
How to use
For inflammation of the inner lining of the maxillary sinus caused by an allergy, freshly squeezed Kalanchoe juice is used for instillation (undiluted). For this purpose, it is necessary to instill 2-3 drops of juice into each nasal passage twice a day for 1 week.
For adults
For sinusitis in adults, you can instill freshly squeezed concentrated Kalanchoe juice into the nose. It is necessary to drip 1-2 drops into each nostril three times a day. If there are weak blood vessels or a burning sensation in the nasal cavity, you need to dilute the juice with boiled water in a 50/50 ratio. The course of therapy lasts 7 days.
For children
Children are recommended to instill juice diluted with boiled water into their nose in a ratio of 1:2. The water should be at room temperature. The procedure is performed 3 times a day. For young children, you do not need to instill the juice, but lubricate the nasal mucosa with it.
To eliminate the symptoms of sinusitis in children, you can prepare a decoction. To do this, add 125 ml of water to the leaves of the plant, bring to a boil, and then remove from the heat and let it brew for 45-60 minutes. Instill 1 drop into each nasal passage 2-3 times a day. This decoction provides a mild effect. Infants can only gently lubricate the nasal passages with this composition using a cotton swab.
Even in childhood, to treat the disease, you can mix aloe and Kalanchoe juice in equal proportions.
Aromatherapy has a good healing effect. To carry it out, you need to chop up the soft fresh leaves of a houseplant and place them in a plate. Then the dishes with crushed leaves need to be placed near the patient’s bed overnight. The substances released by the crushed flower speed up the healing process.
Recipes for sinusitis with Kalanchoe and other traditional medicine
There are other ways to use the plant. A recipe with cyclamen is effective. To prepare the product, you need to mix equal quantities of juice from the cyclamen tuber, natural honey, juices of Kalanchoe, aloe and onion. Small gauze or cotton swabs are moistened with the composition and placed in each nasal opening for half an hour. The manipulation is performed in the morning and evening.
After each procedure, it is advisable to drink 2 glasses of hot herbal decoction with honey. Mucus and pus will begin to flow out after 2-3 days of therapy. Cyclamen is a plant containing a large amount of poisons, therefore it is forbidden to exceed the permissible time for using turunda.
You can also use another recipe. To prepare a medicine for sinusitis, you need 1 tbsp. l. Kalanchoe juice add 3 drops of onion juice. When instilling the product into the nasal passages, you must slowly turn your head. Such actions are necessary to ensure deep penetration of the product.
You can make your own drops for sinusitis from aloe and Kalanchoe leaves. To do this, you need to take 3 leaves of each plant, and then squeeze the juice out of them. After this, the resulting composition must be mixed with 1 tsp. honey and 1 g salt. Finally, the medicine must be filtered through gauze and instilled 3 drops into the nasal passages in the morning and evening.
Drops and turundas for the treatment of sinusitis
Ointments, drops and turundas soften and remove pus from the maxillary sinuses, relieve inflammation of the mucous membrane, suppressing pathogenic microflora. Often these products include onions, propolis, garlic, honey, carrot juice, beets, and aloe. Nasal drops can be made from oils or plain water. Oil drops have a mild effect and do not dry out the nasal passages.
You can also make flagella from cotton wool, dip them in drops and place them in your nose for several hours.
Garlic drops for sinusitis
Crush one clove of garlic, add 50 g of warm boiled water and leave for an hour. 3-4 times a day, bury the resulting drops in your nose, two to three drops in each nostril.
Garlic
Onion-garlic nasal drops
Crush 1/3 of the onion and two cloves of garlic and mix with half a glass of vegetable oil. The mixture should sit for two weeks. Then it should be strained and instilled one or two drops three times a day. The course of treatment with such drops is 2-3 weeks.
Propolis will cure sinusitis
Add a tablespoon of peppermint and 20 grams of crushed propolis to 200 g of vegetable oil, heat to 40 degrees and leave for 10 days in a dark and warm place. Strain the resulting mixture and drop it into your nose. Propolis helps stop the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria, and mint relieves swelling.
Onion and aloe drops
Mix two tablespoons of aloe vera, 1 tablespoon of Kalanchoe and onion and drop them into the nose regularly.
Tinctures and ointments with Kalanchoe
Tinctures and ointments with Kalanchoe have a good therapeutic effect in the treatment of sinusitis. Mixing the plant with other traditional medicine helps to enhance or soften the effect of Kalanchoe.
Alcohol tincture
If there is inflammation of the maxillary sinus, you can rinse with an alcohol tincture. To prepare it, you need to take 2 tbsp. l. finely chopped stems and leaves of the plant, and then pour 250 ml of vodka over them. After this, the composition must be kept in a dark room for 10 days.
During therapy, this composition should be used in diluted form. For this, 1 tsp. The tincture needs to be diluted with 160 ml of boiled warm water. Rinsing the nasal passages with this product is performed 3 times a day. In addition, this tincture can be used for compresses (as an additional component).
To make a tincture for instillation into the nose, you need to grind the leaves of the plant in a blender, then squeeze out the juice and put it in the refrigerator for 24 hours. After the specified time, the juice must be diluted with alcohol (5 ml of alcohol per 100 ml of juice). Apply 3 drops into the nose 3 times a day.
Ointment with Kalanchoe for sinusitis
An effective cure for sinusitis is ointment with Kalanchoe. For the remedy you need to buy lanolin and petroleum jelly at the pharmacy. After this, you need to take 50 ml of each ingredient and add 35 ml of Kalanchoe juice to them. Then the composition is thoroughly mixed and applied to cotton swabs, which are inserted into the nasal passages for 10 minutes. This procedure should be repeated three times a day. If necessary, lanolin and petroleum jelly are replaced with balsamic liniment according to Vishnevsky or Levomekol ointment.
There is another ointment recipe: 25 ml of fresh plant juice is combined with 45 ml of glycerin. Then you need to moisten small pieces of bandage with this product and place them in the nasal openings for 7 minutes. The procedure should be done in the morning and evening.
Drops and ointments should be stored in the refrigerator in a pre-sterilized container for up to 7 days. After this, a new composition is prepared.
Camphor alcohol against sinusitis
In the evening before going to bed, soak a cotton cloth folded in three layers in warm water, wring it out and sprinkle with camphor alcohol. Place on your forehead, with polyethylene and a warm scarf on top. Hold until it starts to burn strongly (before this, the skin can be lubricated with Vaseline or any greasy cream). Repeat this for several days until your breathing becomes free.
A simple remedy
You need 1/3 cup of carrot juice, a teaspoon of propolis alcohol tincture and 0.5 teaspoon of liquid honey. If the honey is thick, it is better to heat it in a water bath. Mix all this, soak cotton swabs in the mixture and insert them in turn into both nostrils for 20 minutes. It is advisable to keep the remaining mixture in the mouth at the site of the affected sinus for 2-3 minutes. The procedure must be repeated twice a day.
Sneezing cures inflammation
The procedure involves therapeutic sneezing. Inject some black pepper powder into both nostrils and then rest thoroughly. If pus appears on the handkerchief, it means you are doing everything right. I can’t believe it, but it’s true; a simple sneeze will help avoid the puncture that doctors insist on.
